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Carmignano: what to know before buying a home

A municipality in the province of Prato, Toscana. Official data on earthquakes, population, services and transport.

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The report looks at the exact point: landslide and flood risk, seismic zone, price per square metre for the area, services and nearby stops.

For example: Via Baccheretana 1, Carmignano.

Carmignano, the Montalbano hills and the Seano plain

Carmignano's territory climbs from the plain south of Prato to the ridge of the Montalbano, a line of hills that closes off the lowlands towards the Arno valley. This is wine and olive oil country: Carmignano red is one of Tuscany's historic appellations, and the vineyards run as far as Artimino, a walled village beside the Medici villa known as La Ferdinanda. The parish church of San Michele in the village holds Pontormo's Visitation.

Everyday life, though, mostly happens lower down. Seano and Comeana are the largest hamlets, grown out towards Poggio a Caiano and the road to Prato, with detached houses, small blocks of flats and local shops. Up in the hills, around Carmignano itself, Artimino and the scattered farms, you find farmhouses and terraced houses with land: lovely to live in, but reached by narrow roads and some way from schools and supermarkets. For anyone commuting to Prato or Florence, plain or hill matters as much as the price.

At the end of 2023 Istat, the national statistics office, counted 14,618 residents, up 4.5% since 2011. The province of Prato has only 7 municipalities and Carmignano holds 5.6% of its population. The estimated average age of 45.7 matches the province; over-65s are 22.0% against 22.9%, and foreign residents 11.5%. Declared incomes sit slightly above the provincial average.

On the national scale kept by the Civil Protection Department, Carmignano is in seismic zone 3, like 2 other municipalities around Prato, while 4 are in zone 2. Expected ground acceleration in the built-up area is about 0.130 g, a moderate value. Many farmhouses have been restored more than once, so ask whether the work covered floors, roof and the ties between walls or only the finishes.

On the slopes the report measures the gradient and checks official landslide maps for the exact address; lower down it looks at flood-prone areas. The Revenue Agency publishes its cadastral maps for Carmignano, so an address can be traced to its land parcel.

Key points

  • Montalbano hills with vineyards, Artimino and the Medici villa La Ferdinanda.
  • Seano and Comeana on the plain; farmhouses with land up in the hills.
  • 14,618 residents, up 4.5% since 2011.
  • Seismic zone 3, expected acceleration about 0.130 g.

Overview

Carmignano is a municipality in the province of Prato, in Toscana. At the end of 2023 it had 14,618 residents, the third most populous in the province.

Earthquakes

For Italy's Civil Protection Department, Carmignano is in seismic zone 3, a zone where strong earthquakes are possible but rare. Only 3 of 7 municipalities in the province are in zone 3.

In the built-up area, the expected ground shaking (peak ground acceleration, PGA) is about 0.130 g, a moderate value: the level with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, on rock.

Even in zone 3, seismic standards apply to new buildings: for an older building, ask about the design year and any structural work.

Population

Compared with the 2011 census, the resident population has grown by 4.5%. The estimated average age is 46 years, in line with the province. 22% of residents are over 65 (the regional figure is 26%). Foreign residents make up 11.5% of the population. On average, a household has 2.4 members.

Income and climate

In tax year 2024, taxpayers in Carmignano declared an average taxable income of 24,666 euros, in line with the province (23,681 euros). The Italian average is 24,895 euros.

Carmignano is in climate zone D, with 2,053 heating degree days: heating may be switched on from 1 November to 15 April, for up to 12 hours a day. The same table puts the town hall at 189 metres above sea level.

Services

In the official Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health lists, Carmignano has 8 schools and 4 pharmacies. The Overture Maps data also lists 1 grocery shop, 4 healthcare facilities and 8 sports facilities.

There are 0.1 grocery shops and supermarkets per 1,000 residents, fewer than the province average (0.3).

Public transport

We do not yet have open public transport timetables for this municipality: the report says so explicitly, without inventing distances.

How built-up it is

Buildings, roads, car parks and other sealed surfaces cover 11.1% of the land in Carmignano, compared with 14.3% in the province and 6.2% in the region. In 2024 built-up land stayed almost the same.

Radon and contaminated sites

Carmignano is not among the radon priority areas designated by the Regione Toscana in 2025. Radon varies from building to building and can only be known by measuring it, especially on ground floors and in basements.

Official databases list 3 contaminated sites, or sites still under investigation, in Carmignano, and 2 more have been cleaned up or closed. The report tells you whether one is close to the address.

Landslides and flooding

Landslide and flood hazard changes from one street to the next even within Carmignano: the report checks the address against the ISPRA maps.

House prices

The Revenue Agency's price ranges per square metre (OMI) apply to zones, not to whole municipalities: the report gives the range for the address's zone.

Land registry

The cadastral maps for Carmignano are public: from the address the report finds the sheet and parcel number.

Liveability area by area

The Vicinalia liveability index runs from 0 to 100 and looks at the place, not the people who live there: services within walking distance, transport, green space, natural hazards, air, quiet, buildings and connection. Here it is worked out at the centre of each of the 70 inhabited census areas in Carmignano. Half of the residents live in areas scoring 65 or more.

Residents by band

  • modest 0.6%
  • fair 45.5%
  • good 53.9%

Vicinalia index by census area, licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Data: IdroGEO ISPRA (2026), Istat, INGV, EEA, AGCOM, Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.

The colour is the value at the centre of the area. For an exact address, search for it above: the free check looks at that exact point. How the index is worked out

Data sources

ISTAT code 100002. The text on this page is generated automatically from the data.